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  1. Article: 14371 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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  3. From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  5. Subject: Re: Trouble with dialup connection from K95
  6. Date: 8 Jun 2003 12:52:09 -0400
  7. Organization: Columbia University
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  16.  
  17. In article <3EE35C86.26D97A1B@yk.rim.or.jp>,
  18. Ishikawa  <ishikawa@yk.rim.or.jp> wrote:
  19. : I noticed that many note PCs these days omit
  20. : serial ports and have USBs ports instead,
  21. : I am curious.
  22. : How do you connect telephone to your PC?
  23. :
  24. Search Google for "usb to serial converter".  I don't have any
  25. personal experience these (together with their drivers) but one hopes
  26. they provide a reasonable facsimile of a serial port to the software.
  27.  
  28. : Is there a direct telephone plug (instead of the serial com port)
  29. : on the notebook PC?
  30. : 
  31. That's the internal (Win)modem.
  32.  
  33. - Frank
  34.